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Letters Patent No.' 68,578, dated September 3, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONCERN Be it known that I, AMBROSE POWELL, of Coxsackie, in the county of Greene, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a'full and correct description of the same, suilicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of the same, and in whichi Figure 1 is a plan of my improved machine.

Figure 2 is a section in line x x, g. 1, and

Figure S is a detached View of the handle to operate the dasher.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in a novel construction of a dasher, which forces the clothing against peculiarly-shaped and arranged ribs on-the sides of the machine, and in a novel arrangement of the handle to move said dasher.

A A. represents the box of my machine, the bottoni B of which consists of three pieces, connected to cach other at angles, or it may be made curved. Secured to the sides A of the box are ribs C, placed close to each other, as shown in thc drawings. These ribs are flat on their rear or outer ends, and tapering ofl in curved lines towards their inner faces. Attached to the end pieces A', of the hex are cleats D, which form bearings for the journals e of the dasheijwhich latter consists of the vertical piece el, the side pieces c2 c", and thc horizontal pieces e.3 and e4. The piece e1 extends downward to the top ot' the piece e3. The pieces c2 and e4 are triangular, their lower sides being slightly curved, The `pieces e3 and e are straight on their top, and slightly on their under sides, the latter piece being wider than the former, and e3 wider than the pieces ez e2 together.`

The edges. of these pieces are rounded olf. In the dashcr are two square holes ff, the piece e1 being exseetod on each side to conform to the saine. The holes receive the two arms g g ofthe handle G, which arms straddlc the piece el. v 4

The operation of my machine is as follows: Suthcient soap-suds being placed in the box, the dirty clothes are thrown in, and-the handle being inserted into the holes ff, the dasher is operated by moving it forward and back. The clothes, saturated with sud's, are pressed between the laterall pieces e, e?, and e4, and the vcrtical ribs C, and as they are pressed into the spacesvbetween the pieces e2, e3, and e4, and between the ribs C, the suds and water are pressed back through and ont of the parts of clothes in those spacesforcing the dirt out with them. By the continual repetition of this process, every part-of the clothes is brought under its inlluencc, and is rubbed, besides, by the flasher against the ribs and against the bottom of thc box. If very fine washing is to be done, which will not bear great pressure, the handle G is removed and the dasher`4 worked by means of the piece el. -By removing the han-(lle, after the washing is done, the machine can he stowed in a very small place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination of the vertical ribs C, and the clasher, constructed of the pieces cl e5 ea c, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the above, theI detachable handlcAG, constructed with forked end straddling the piece el ofthe dasher, substantially as described. I

lThe above specication of my improvement in washing machines signed this second day of April, 1867.

AMBROSE 'POWELLy Witnesses:

Anexa, A. C. KLAUcnr, @Hannes D.' DAVIS. 

